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Originally Posted by cantdrv55
So how do you go about getting parts at a pick and pull? Do you call ahead to make sure they have a x model car and year in the lot or just take a chance and go regardless? Do you start yanking stuff out of cars then bring the parts up to the counter and pay when you’re done? How do you know what they’ll charge for parts?
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I go to the Pull-A-Part website, there you can select a location. Once you select a location, you can search specific makes and models to see if they have the vehicle in their yard inventory. The information will show for the specific vehicle and it will tell you when the vehicle arrived in their yard and what row the vehicle is on, year of make, color, engine...etc.
There is a price list on the website also so you can look up what the cost of the part is ahead of time.
Once you arrive at the Pull-A-Part "store", you pay 2 bucks, if you have a membership card, it is only 1 buck, they take your picture and off you go.
Once out in the yard you will see that vehicles are categorized into sections, you have your Ford, GM, Chrysler, and Imports sections and each section has rows that are numbered. Each vehicle will have a number and a label on the quarter panel stating the year and make of the car and the vehicles are raised off the ground on stands made from old rims welded together so that you can easily get under the vehicle. The ground is all gravel, no laying in dirt. I usually grab a mat of some sort out of a car to lay on if I need something from under the car, then when I'm finished, I throw the mat back inside the car so someone else may be able to use it.
So anyway, pretty well organized stuff. I usually watch a video of how to remove a particular part and that way I know what tools I need to bring, I take some tools in a bag and when I get in the yard I grab a wheel barrow for hauling things around, makes it a whole lot easier.
Hope this explains it well.
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